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Off-duty PAFB doctor helps crash patients >> Florida Today
Maj. Emanuel Diaz, a medical doctor with the 45th Medical Group, attends to patients every day at the clinic at Patrick Air Force Base. As an Air Force doctor who can be deployed to treat battlefield wounds, he is also trained to handle trauma.

Fort Bliss Allows Michelle Monaghan to Display Her Range >> The Village Voice
It figures that Michelle Monaghan, one of too many underutilized actresses usually relegated to playing the hero's wife, would have to go shoestring in order to find a role that allows her to display the range of her talents. She's at her best as Army medic/staff sergeant Maggie Swann in writer-director Claudia Myers's Fort Bliss, a returning-soldier drama that answers the annoyingly ubiquitous "Can women have it all?" question with an exasperated "no."

Friday, September 19th seems like a rather uneventful day to most. But in fact, it is a very important day. It is POW/MIA Recognition Day. For anyone unfamiliar with what this day represents, it is a day to remember the more than 88,000 military personnel who are still unaccounted for from conflicts dating back to World War II.

Families missing service members know the pain of uncertainty and the frustration of time lost for their loved one. At DVNF, we recognize all who are gone, but not forgotten, and our hearts go out to the families whose loved one never returned.

I often talk about sacrifice, and for all those missing, and for their families, they know what sacrifice really is. So on Friday, I hope that you will join us in remembering all those who are missing, but not forgotten.

The U.S. Coast Guard barque Eagle departs Baltimore's Inner Harbor on Tuesday, Sept 16, 2014, during the closing of Star-Spangled Spectacular activities. The Eagle was one of more than 30 naval vessels and tall ships that took part in the Star-Spangled Spectacular. (U.S. Coast Guard photograph by Petty Officer 3rd Class Charlotte Fritts)

Meet Gander a Celebrity Amongst Dogs >> Huffington Post
Gander is a celebrity; everywhere he goes he's photographed, on Facebook he has over 250,000 Facebook likes. Gander is a service dog, one of several in America that help improve the quality of life for thousands of people with disabilities. Service dogs are used as guide dogs for the blind, for veterans suffering from PTSD, individuals in wheelchairs, and for several other conditions.

Alwyn Cashe, the Medal of Honor, and how heroism gets undervalued >> Washington Post
Army Spec. Donald P. Sloat's brother William accepted the Medal of Honor on behalf of the fallen U.S. soldier on Monday, 44 years after he smothered a grenade blast in Vietnam to protect other members of squad. It's the kind of selfless action that has routinely resulted in the nation's top award for combat valor, and yet it took decades for Sloat to receive it.